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Pre-trial release denied for former MTV star who was wanted for over year for trying to meet up with child for sex

A judge denied pre-trial release for a former MTV star who prosecutors say tried meeting up with a child for sex and led police on a brief chase before going on the run for over a year. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division was working in collaboration with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service […]

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Former MTV star extradited back to Lake County after being wanted for over year for trying to meet up with child for sex

A former MTV star who was on the run for over a year was extradited back to Lake County on Tuesday on charges of attempting to meet with a child for a sexual encounter. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division was working in collaboration with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) last year. […]

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Former MTV star arrested after being wanted for over year for trying to meet up with child for sex in Lake County

A former MTV star who was on the run for over a year has been arrested on charges of attempting to meet with a child for a sexual encounter in Lake County. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Division was working in collaboration with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) last year. The agencies […]

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Man arrested after allegedly communicating with undercover officer posing as 12-year-old child, traveling to meet for sex in Lake Forest

A Wisconsin man was arrested Thursday evening after he allegedly traveled to a Lake Forest park to meet and have sex with a 12-year-old girl, who was actually an undercover officer. Brian Ivy, 51, of Racine, Wisconsin, was charged with two counts of indecent solicitation of a child and one count of traveling to meet […]

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Detectives arrest man who drove from Ohio to Lake County to allegedly meet child for sexual encounter

Sheriff’s officials say an Ohio man traveled from his home in Ohio to Lake County to meet who he thought was a young child for a sexual encounter after communicating with her online. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Group and Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) concluded an investigation on Monday into Zachary S. […]

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$2 million bond for man charged with soliciting child on social media, sexually abusing her in Waukegan

A man has been ordered held on a $2 million bond for soliciting a 13-year-old child on social media and sexually abusing her in Waukegan, prosecutors said. Luis F. Corea-Ruiz, 26, of Waukegan, was charged with two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, traveling to meet a minor and indecent solicitation of a child. A […]

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Man arrested after officers catch him traveling to meet child for sex acts in Lake Forest

A 65-year-old man was arrested after officers caught him trying to meet up with a “child,” who was an undercover investigator, for sex acts in Lake Forest, authorities said. Lake Forest police officers assigned to the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force developed intelligence that David P. Randon, 65, of Arlington Heights, was seeking to […]